Beef and Green Pea Curry

Full and of flavour and satisfying, this curry is one of my favourites.

Ingredients

1.2kg chuck beef, sliced

1 Tbsp ghee

1 Tbsp garam masala

2 brown onions, finely diced

12 cloves garlic, minced

10cm piece ginger, cut into fine batons

24 curry leaves

2 long red chillies, seeded and finely diced

1 Tbsp fish sauce

500ml coconut milk

1L beef stock

1 cup green split peas, rinsed

Instructions

1 Fry the beef in ghee in a large saucepan over a moderate heat for 5 minutes, until browned, then set aside.

2 Sauté the onion, garlic and ginger in the saucepan for 5 minutes, then stir in the garam masala, curry leaves and chillies. Pour in the fish sauce, coconut milk and stock, then return the beef. Simmer for 1½ hours, add the peas, then cook for a further 1 hour until the beef is tender.